Mohave County miner., 1887-03-05
OUR MINES.
what TIE Miners or Nlshavc Coun.
~ Have Deen Delng thc Fast
Week.

Week.
Ore has been coming in more freely al
the sampling Works during the past
week.
A J. Coon sent over small lot Of ore
yesterday from one OF his claims near
Mineral Park.
The Samp.ing Works were running
through carload Of lead ore from the
Rainbow last night.
We hear that the Burro mine and two
stamp mill on Burro creek will start uT
again in iew days.
Messrs. Jack Kenney and John G. Potts
left on Thursday for Wallspai Mountains
to start up work on one OF their claims.
Henry Ewing, our county assessor, has
established teaching works on the Tuck.
ahoe mine at Chloride and Ia doing we'll.
Johnny Burt bad shipment Of ore
from the Congress mine, Cedar district,
worked during the week. The returns gave
him abou. $3.50 Per ton.
Merrill and Flynn, Of Music Mountain,
sent down a shipment Of rich ore from
their gold mine on Sunday last and had
1t put through the Sampling Works.
Michael Lacrosse and w. II. Brake
man and Sam1 Chadwick are working on
the Independence mine at Chloride on
separate leases and are all doing well.
J.K. Mackenzie had carload Of Cupel
ore worked last week which sampled 2l7
ounces to the ton in silver; also ton Of
high grade ore from the Moonbeam mine.
Dana q Howell sent down two carloads
last week from the G. o. d., one Of which
went over 200 ounces per ton In silver,
while the other was high grade lead ore.
The Alta.a mine is being worked under
lease by Messrs w. H. Kelley and Nc
KinneIl, who have sunk the main shaft
from IS to l25 feet in depth since start
ing.
Geo. Mendes and NJ. p. Delhanty are
working one end Of the Sunday School
claim, near the Chloride summit, while
Pete MORAN and partner have the other
end Of the same claim.
Messrs. Gordon and Graves had two
lots OF ore from the Fresno mine at
Stockton Hill run through the sampler
last Tuesday, one OF which went about
800 ounces and the other $50 ozs.
The keystone mine, which has been
lying idle so long, started up work again
last week pumping the water out Of the
shaft. We expect to see large shipments
Of ore from this valuable property shortly.
Superintendent Wattles, Of the Orc
Plata mine, was in town this morning
looking after the shipment Of two carloads
of ore to Pueblo. This makes eighteen
carloads shipped from this mine during
the present year.
George Hanson and T. j. Edmiston
have struck /, rich on the north extension
Of the Juno at Chloride. They have two
or three inches Of ore which assays az
high as 81 900. This is from one of this
years locations.
Messrs. Sample and schrope are hard
at work on the Juno mine, with view to
getting out ore enough to run their leach.
ing works all through the coming sum-
mcr. They have about hundred tons
on the dump at present.
Ike Conkey is negotiating for lease
on the Ithara mine, near Mineral Park,
with view Of teaching the ore. The
Ithaca ore is the most easily worked Of
any in the county, and as Mr.. Conkey
understands the teaching process he
should do well out Of it.
Messrs. Brobant and son have made .
great success in teaching the low grade
ore Of the Independence mine, Chloride,
but they have to run itthrough an arastra
before putting it in the teaching watts. BY
this process they are now saving about
80 per ton, and are working about ton
. day.
The Prescott papers say that Hugo
Richards was intending to leave there in
. few days for Signal, with the intention
Of starting up the Signal mine and mill.
II this mill coald be kept running oil the
year round, and there is no reason why
Il should not, it would be great benefit
to this county.
8fessrs. Madd.n, Campbell & Co. have
made another rich strike in the bottom
Of the main shaft Of the Minnesota mine,
which is now down over 100 feet. The
new strike is nothing more or less than
streak about eighteen inches wide Of 1900
ore. Some beautiful specimens showing
Jumps Of glance and antimonial silver as
big as hazel nuts, are now coming up from
The bottom. -
A MARROW ESCAPE.